Shellworks

Shellworks develops VIVOMER, a biomaterial made by microbial fermentation of plant and industrial by-product feedstock. The company says it behaves like conventional plastic in use and can be processed on existing injection moulding, blow moulding and extrusion equipment.

Its customers are brands that want plastic-free packaging or products; the website names Wild Cosmetics and Abel Fragrance among its custom project partners. The company offers material development, product development, manufacturing with QA and AQL checks, logistics and creative launch work as one integrated service. The website does not state pricing or the revenue model.

The website says Shellworks has manufacturing sites in the UK, the EU and the US and reports over 8 million parts produced. Co-founders listed are Amir Afshar and Insiya Jafferjee; the founding year is not stated. Job postings are listed in London and cover commercial, manufacturing design, engineering, process, new product development operations and quality management roles.

Product: VIVOMER, a plastic-free, compostable biomaterial supplied as pellets and used to make custom packaging and product parts.